Taxpayers forked out $ to set up Clinton's secret server: Bill used funds for ex-presidents to pay for staffer who ran notorious Clintonemail system
Ex-presidents get government funds to maintain an office
Taxpayers paid $16 million from 2001 to fund Clinton's New York office operations
13 staffers who got government funds also were paid by the Clinton foundation
Among those on the payroll was Justin Cooper, who helped set up the Clintons' private email server
Feds pay $97,000 for staffing, which Clinton split up among multiple staff, supplementing their salaries with pay from the Foundation and other entities
Funds for office bed bug removal also sought
By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 12:04 EST, 1 September 2016 | Updated: 14:07 EST, 1 September 2016
Taxpayer funds intended to allow ex-presidents maintain an office after they leave the White House helped pay a Bill Clinton aide who set up the family's infamous email account, a new analysis reveals.
The funds, about $97,000 per year per president, are part of an allocation that helps former presidents maintain an office after they leave public service.
In Clinton's case, the president apparently elected to split the funds among numerous staff aides – and then supplement their incomes with additional work on behalf of the Clinton Foundation and a private firm closely linked to Clinton and some of his top hands.
Some of the taxpayer funds went to Clinton aide Justin Cooper, who has been identified as the person who first set up the Clinton server, according to Politico, which reviewed government documents to access the staff payments.
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